Greenfield’s Still In

Just when I was starting to wonder whether Steve Greenfield, the New Paltz dad/sax player who is trying to primary U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, was still around, this press release showed up:

“Steve Greenfield, a candidate for United States Senate in New York against incumbent Hillary Clinton…has announced that he is officially seeking the ballot lines of the Independence Party, the Green Party, and the Libertarian Party.

“Millions of New Yorkers who don’t participate in major party primaries are anxious for the opportunity to support the simple platform of Peace, Freedom, Prosperity, and Justice as outlined at http://www.greenfieldforsenate.org/, in the General Election,” said Greenfield, 44. “And millions of Democrats want to know that they will have the opportunity to vote to stop the war in Iraq and reject the right-wing voting record of Hillary Clinton regardless of the outcome of their own primary.”

Greenfield, who has been exploring the possibility of additional ballot lines since late January, was motivated to move openly towards the multi-party option with the early February announcement that eight House Democrats had filed a proposal, HR 4694, that would basically end the rights of third parties and independent candidates to participate in Congressional elections.”

Greenfield isn’t the only Democrat who wants to take the party’s line away from Clinton. Labor activist Jonathan Tasini has also been moving forward with his campaign. He was on hand for the B&PRL conference last Saturday night.Â